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South African Chad le Clos delivered a near-perfect swim on Thursday to break his own world record in the men’s 100m butterfly final at the FINA short course world swimming championships in Windsor, Ontario. After making a loose start with his legs splayed apart as he dove into the pool, le Clos powered into the lead and stayed out in front with brilliantly executed turns before finishing the race in…

Popular NASCAR driver Matt DiBenedetto tweeted on Thursday that he would not return to BK Racing for the 2017 Cup Series season. The 25-year-old spent the past two years with the underfunded Toyota outfit and has experienced both highs and lows during his first 68 races at the highest level. The former Joe Gibbs Racing development driver earned a hard-fought sixth-place finish at Bristol Motor Speedway in April…

UK Anti-Doping is expected to release a statement soon concerning its investigation into “allegations of wrongdoing in cycling”. Anti-doping officers have been investigating the transportation of a Jiffy bag by a British Cycling team member out to the Team Sky bus in France on the final day of the 2011 Criterium du Dauphine. The race had just been won by Sir Bradley Wiggins. The investigation has been slow going, partly…

The full findings of the report are unprecedented and astonishing. They strike right at the heart of the integrity and ethics of sport. We wholeheartedly agree with Professor McLaren that the best course of action is to work together to fix the broken and compromised anti-doping system in Russia. The recently appointed IPC Taskforce looks forward to working closely with our member the Russian Paralympic Committee to do just that.

RELATED: Dale through the years | Recovery timeline CAIN: Dale Jr.’s strong stand makes him, sport better NASCAR premier series driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. has received medical clearance to resume his racing career, Hendrick Motorsports announced Thursday. Earnhardt Jr., 42, was sidelined for the final 18 races of the 2016 season after suffering a concussion. On Wednesday, he participated in an on-track testing session at Darlington Raceway under the supervision…

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Andy Woodward was the first to come forward in a November interview with the Guardian, revealing that while at Crewe Alexandra in the 1980s, that club’s youth coach Barry Bennell allegedly groomed, exploited, and sexually abused him. Bennell had a house in the country set up like “a treasure trove, a child’s dream,” including “a little monkey upstairs in a cage” and “a wild cat,” to which he would lure…

The Winter issue of CNET Magazine is out! Photo by Josh Miller I love cycling. It’s the only form of exercise strenuous enough to be worthwhile yet fun enough to keep me motivated. I burn a lot of calories while riding — a lot of calories, enough to erase the most egregious of Chipotle indiscretions in less than an hour when I’m really cranking. But cycling isn’t just about staying…

It is partly down to this curiosity of grassroots players to see themselves in action that Pitchero, which is a long-running club website service across various sports, has this year launched Pitchero Play where clubs can record and host videos in real time – both to supporters and the other 70,000 teams that are part of the Pitchero network. The Pitchero club websites allow teams to manage payments and memberships, and share…

While some other pupils at the school chose to wear burkinis to the lessons, the girl who brought the case refused, arguing the costume did not provide sufficient coverage. She also claimed she was offended by the sight of boys and men in swimming costumes, and called for the lessons to be single-sex. But the court found that she failed to give a “reasonable case for why the burkini does…

More women are playing sport in England than ever before as the keep-fit boom combines with a Rio 2016 effect to close the gender participation gap, according to the latest figures from Sport England. The government agency’s Active People Survey, which has been running since London won the right to host the Olympics and Paralympics in 2005, measures the number of over-14s taking part in sport for at least 30…

1:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Fun. Edgy. Fun. Global. Fun. Those buzzwords rang through the NASCAR news conference last week when the league introduced Monster Energy as the sponsor of its Cup series, or whatever it chooses to call it in the future. The news conference included two mentions of “global” and three references to “edgy” … but “fun” — a fun, fun, fun 10 times….

1:00 PM ET Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment Fun. Edgy. Fun. Global. Fun. Those buzzwords rang through the NASCAR news conference last week when the league introduced Monster Energy as the sponsor of its Cup series, or whatever it chooses to call it in the future. The news conference included two mentions of “global” and three references to “edgy” … but “fun” — a fun, fun, fun 10 times….

Eddie Jones has been named coach of the year at the 2016 Pride of Sport Awards. The former Japan coach has transformed England’s rugby union side after their shambolic World Cup campaign. England went unbeaten in 2016, a year that included four wins against Australia and a Six Nations triumph. “Firstly I’m a bit embarrassed to get this given what the rest of the contestants have done,” said Jones. “We’ve…

You have a few choices for control, too, including buttons on the handlebars, a touchpad on the glasses themselves or voice commands. You’ll need to pair with a companion app on your phone, but that also lets you share data with other fitness apps. A full-fledged public launch is still some distance away (Everysight hasn’t provided specifics). However, the company is taking sign-ups for a Test Pilot Program. If you…

Here’s something to cheer about: the International Olympic Committee’s executive board voted on Tuesday to recognize cheerleading as a sport, the New York Times reports. That doesn’t necessarily mean that cheerleaders will be going to the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea or even the 2020 Games in Tokyo. The IOC’s recognition means that cheerleading’s governing body, the International Cheer Union, will receive at least $25,000 every year and…

Lorry driver Alexander Lamb, of Featherstone, Yorkshire, told the inquest he would have stopped if he had seen a cyclist. He said: “I couldn’t believe it happened. I didn’t hear anything, feel anything or see anything. If I had seen anything I would have stopped and tried to help.” Cyclist are banned from wearing headphones in competitive events, but they are not illegal in the UK. Kevin Clinton, from the…

London’s mayor is serious about cycling. Sadiq Khan, who took office in May this year, has secured almost a billion dollars to spend on cycling over the next five years. That works out to almost $22 per person per year. Remarkably, this is double what bike-enthusiast Boris Johnson, the previous mayor, managed to spend. “By spending £770 million over the course of the next TfL Business Plan, we’ll now be…

RBTH: How many years have you lived and cycled in London? Janna Brom: I was born in St. Petersburg and grew up in the city center. When I was 15 my parents moved to the UK. We first lived in Norwich, but about seven years ago I moved to London. Of course I was cycling around when I was a kid in Russia at our dacha [summer house]. But I’m…

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